Remember the old series? Polo for Hatchback and/or Coupe (give me a break, I have no energy to copy a French accented e), Golf for the ones in need of more Hatchback/Coupe space, and the Passat for the Sedan needee (is that a word?.
But the Polo had a Sedan, and the Golf had a Station Wagon (possibly even a Polo SW and a Golf Sedan), and the Passat had a Station Wagon too.
Questions about that:
1)What were the Polo and Golf SW and/or Sedans aimed for? What market? 2)What did the Passat offer beyond that?
Later on, a Bora came in, with a SW ALSO. The Golf appeared to have no more Sedans/SW, and the Polo didn't get modern-style Sedans and/or SW.
Questions:
3) What was the Bora aimed at? 4) What happened to the Golf and Polo Sedan/SW?
A bit later, Skoda (again, no energy copying an accented Czech s) was purchased and the Octavia was now made into a modern Passat. The Polo apparently became obsolete and the Fabia got a new position.
5) Why was the Polo obsoleted? 6) What was the Octavia aiming at that the Passat wasn't? 7) What's the Fabia in relation to the Polo/Golf?
Now, the Bora's obsolete, a new Jetta was forged, a GTI was branded even though it looks like a Golf, and a Phaeton brand was made for luxury (obviously clashing with the Audi brand), there's a new Skoda brand in the name of "Superb", that's apparently a Phaeton, yet looks just like an Octavia.
8) Why's the Bora out? 9) Why's the Jetta in? 10) Is the Jetta a replacement of the Bora? If so, why was the name changed? 11) What's "GTI"? Is it a Golf? 12) What about Phaeton and Audi? 13) Octavia "SUPERB"? How does that fit in?
Yours sincerely,
Confused Jonathan Howard(TM)
P.S. Sorry for proofing, I'm just hurrying to see Parkinson interview Billy Connolly.
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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
My interest in VW ended when they stopped production on the original Beetle.
I liked the convertible Karmann Ghia.
Of the new models, I'm interested somewhat in their diesel engines because of the high gas mileage, but frankly, I'm probably going to go with a hybrid the next time I purchase a car.
Styling-wise, VW is mildly interesting, but they always seem overpriced to me.